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Now we have rooms and rooms of computers with Ubuntu and even OS X on them...]]>Jul 24th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
Sweet memories.]]>Jul 24th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
Apple can dish it out all they want to, but when someone throws it back they go crying home to Mommy.]]>Jul 24th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
So glad to see an effective counter being offered to those pretentious "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" spots.]]>Jul 24th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
And you can bet your ass that if Apple made a blatantly false claim about Microsoft products in their ads, Microsoft would have called them on that too. It's obvious Microsoft had seen them, yet Apple never had to change anything.

This whole discussion regarding Apple's call about these ads has been absurd, inaccurate, and exactly what Microsoft wanted.]]>Jul 25th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 27th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 27th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/]]>Jul 24th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
This doesn't change anything as far as the affordability of Macs. Apple lowered the price on that particular model because it will soon be replaced by one with better hardware.]]>Jul 24th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
Furthermore, your synopsis has a lot of if, and, or maybes. If I wanted to buy a laptop, no way in hell would I take advice from you. You seem to know exactly what everyone needs before they even know what they need.. ]]>Jul 24th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
Yeah, Microsoft should threaten Apple with legal action if they don't pull the I'm A Mac ads.

Oh wait, they can't, because the Apple ads are legally accurate.

Time for some cartwheels. ]]>Jul 24th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
If, and, and maybe are not bad words. They're considerations. Good buying advice considers that there are many variables in making a purchase.

As for "knowing what everyone needs before knowing what they need", I don't. But I can make observations and assumptions based on my personal knowledge about the needs of students. Does it mean I'm always right? No. Does it mean that a general observation is any less valuable in offering someone buying advice? No.]]>Jul 24th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
Um, she has to have a marketing team to help her shop. I think we can peg that as "not a smart consumer". ]]>Jul 24th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
Good rule of thumb: Never assume, it makes an ass ...

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Ah, you're right. She's a lost cause.]]>Jul 24th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
@sn1per: You just showed that you know nothing about Apple's pricing policies and strategy. Apple pretty much never lowers the price in anticipation of new hardware. They lower the price when they release new hardware. They didn't 'drop the price' they released new hardware at a $300 lower price point than the older model. Which pretty much makes that statement of yours completely false.

Ironically, what you describe is EXACTLY what every Windows PC box supplier does with every single model they release. I always find it hilarious when ignorant posters are unknowingly ironic. Makes their ignorance that much more evident.]]>Jul 24th 2009 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
You can argue semantics on the printer thing, but the truth is, Apple follows a pretty predictable pattern with special offers. Free iPod at back to school time, free printer in August-September (actually they usually offer it year round, but it's marketed in three month increments, they just ended one for May, June, and July). And that's to say nothing of the free iPod. Who else is giving those away with a laptop purchase?

So then you go on about how you're "pretty sure BestBuy, Staples, etc. have some pretty reasonable deals on printers come August."
So, we don't even know if she'll be able to get the printer for free? See, I can play that game too.

As for not making assumptions, that saying is trite and stupid. We make assumptions every day. I guarantee your life is lived based on assumptions. You assume your car will start when you get in and turn the key, because your personal experience supports the assumption. You assume that the home you live in wont be gone when you return after work, because it typically is. You assume that you will enjoy a particular directors movies, because you've enjoyed his/her previous work. You assume that your food is safe to eat, because you've bought it from the same place for years. However, some days your car's battery is dead, because you left the lights on when you got out. Your home isn't there, because an electrical fire started and it burned to the ground. The movie you went to see didn't mesh well with you, because the director tried something new and it just didn't work. The spinach you bought makes you sick, because some food packer didn't wash his hands properly and now you have salmonella.

Things happen, but if we were to assume the worst at all times, we'd choose nothing.]]>Jul 24th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
But I'd 'assume' you're sitting at Starbucks with your MacBook Air hoping people notice you. ]]>Jul 24th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
No, I'm not at Starbucks (I don't drink overpriced, bitter coffee). I'm at home. No, I'm not typing on a MacBook Air, it's a MBP 15" from October. And I'm not too worried about getting "noticed". I get plenty of attention from the people in my life.]]>Jul 24th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
Oh, and thank you. Have a nice day, too.]]>Jul 24th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
*rolls eyes*

I'd just like to apologize to everyone here at Engadget for being bored at work on a Friday and inadvertently hijacking this comment thread. Have a good weekend!
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I respect you. You defended all of your positions logically. I disagree with your pro-Apple sentiments, however, I do agree that people on this thread had an irrational hatred for Apple.

I would most certainly love to spar with you over some issues. Unlike Zak and Paul A. Chapel, you do not take personal offense whenever someone disses Apple. You simply refute them for the haters they are. I like that. Thank you for adding substance to this discussion unlike other vapid readers of this fine blog.

I defend people when I see that they are making rational arguments. I hate people who constantly riff on companies or people with no reasoning behind it.

Ergo: Thank you Chris, fuck you Paul, Zak, and Fox News.]]>Jul 24th 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 25th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/
A Rolex Submariner cost more than a Casio but no body complains about that.]]>Jul 25th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-alters-laptop-hunters-lauren-ad-after-apple-calls-to/Jul 24th 2009 12:37PM